About us

The programme is coordinated by Prof. Kristina Stoeckl and governed by an Academic Board bringing together an international group of scholars, including members of the department as well as professors from other institutions. The Academic Board makes key policy decisions, and its members are also available as potential supervisors for PhD candidates.

The PhD Coordinator, Prof. Kristina Stoeckl, and the Academic Board are being supported by the programme’s PhD Tutor, Flavia Lucenti, and the colleagues in the University’s PhD Office.

Every year, five or six new PhD candidates join our PhD community who participate in, and contribute to, the vibrant academic life in our department. This includes involvement in regular ECR Seminars,  Departmental research seminars, and the organisation of an Annual ECR Conference and participation in international academic events.

Upon defence of their PhD thesis in front of a jury composed of internal and external examiners, our PhD candidates graduate with a PhD in Politics and go on to a wide range of careers in the public and private sector.